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Iain wrote: "it's 55F outside, here... almost warm... springtime weather, at least..."Yeah we'd kill for 12°C right now!!
Ahh I thought you would have had some of this snow Anni. But then again, apparently its come straight from Russia! Love walking in the cold, except for the fingers and toes risk xD
Anni wrote: "Over here we have no snow... It's sunny and clear but freezing cold! We went for a walk to the forest on Sunday and it was amazing, but I couldn't feel my fingers and toes afterwards 😂I'm in the ..."
Beautiful! I can't wait for it to be nice enough to go hiking again. Every weekend that it's been nice out it's rained. My backyard looks like a swamp right now. At least the birds have something to drink on their migration back north.
Siobhan wrote: "Well guys, I'm snowed in! Can't get to work, the roads are horrific! I live on a main road and people are just sliding into each other and getting stuck. Crazzzy.On the bright side, a day in the h..."
An unexpected reading day, oh what a shame. How ever will you cope?
Enjoy! :)
Ahdam wrote: "Well your lucky I’m in uni right now and I might be on my own here also I got work at 3 sooo I’m probably gonna die 😂😂😂😂"
Be careful!
Hehe thanks Sarah! It's pretty cool. Wonder what tomorrow morning will bring.
Siobhan wrote: "Hehe thanks Sarah! It's pretty cool. Wonder what tomorrow morning will bring."Stay safe and enjoy.
We've had a mild winter by our standards. Only a couple of real major snow storms and the worst only snowed about 8 inches (which is annoying, but ultimately not a huge deal for us) overnight. Everything else has been 2-5 inches at a time, which is inconvenient but not a big deal. Except for the people who magically forgot how to drive in the snow, as if we don't have the possibility of snow for 5 months out of the year here. *sigh*
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Enter a group page -> Members -> find yourself -> click #### comments... TADA...
I wish I'd known this 6 months ago... I spend so much time digging up old comments to write semi-accurate reviews...
It’s a relatively new feature. I just saw it last month. It’s been great!
Sarah wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Hehe thanks Sarah! It's pretty cool. Wonder what tomorrow morning will bring."Stay safe and enjoy.
We've had a mild winter by our standards. Only a couple of real major snow stor..."
We've had a pretty harsh winter by our standards, even though my town has a reputation for snowing all year round because we're really high up. XD
It's not supposed to snow here when it's March tomorrow!! I'm over it like.
Selling my books quickly turned into buying other ppl's books and reselling them. Bought 130 books for 15$. Let's see if I'm a businessman. Never done sales in my life...
Oh man 6 hours of walking in snow is crazy but at the end of the day it was healthy and I feel accomplished but Jesus it was like a blizzard here now that I am home after a long walk I will sleep an eternity and until I will go back to work.....tomorrow 😂😂😂😂
I walked a mile today with 50 lb of books in the freezing cold - it was harsh. If not for my moose, I wouldn't know how i'd surviive
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horses are for amateurs. now me and siobhan, we have REAL beasts))
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ0s0...
That video, that joke, that sentence just helped explain how I felt about One Hundred Years of Solitude. I still haven’t written a review because Just having a conversation about it two weeks ago made me sound insane. That book is a literary tapeworm infecting your mind.
@IainHm, I'm a Black fan, but never heard that joke.
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idiffer wrote: "horses are for amateurs. now me and siobhan, we have REAL beasts))"I wish I had a moose today, sick of being snowed in :(
It's a very cold wave we have here. It has been snowing here, but the worst thing is the wind. It is a biting, freezing cold wind that is blowing. Temperatures here are since nights around -10°C (other places in Belgium were -20°C) and during the day, just below freezing point, around -4°C Yesterday we were supposed to have the coldest day, but today feels even worse.
But the worst I think is in Schotland and Great Brittain. Normally this weekend it should get better.
Yes this morning in North East England I think it was even worse than yesterday.Sorry its been so cold for you too, Saar. The wind is awful.
Yeah its got worse here in Yorkshire honestly is it the end of the world now??
Ahdam wrote: "Yeah its got worse here in Yorkshire honestly is it the end of the world now??"I think it might just be! I had a power cut today too, whole village was out. But luckily it was fixed after about an hour.
Ahdam wrote: "Yeah its got worse here in Yorkshire honestly is it the end of the world now??"It could be. Snow on the beach... isn't that one of the signs that the seals are breaking and the Dark One is about to be released on the world once more? I think I read that somewhere...
Shaitarn wrote: "Ahdam wrote: "Yeah its got worse here in Yorkshire honestly is it the end of the world now??"It could be. Snow on the beach... isn't that one of the signs that the seals are breaking and the Dark..."
Does that prophecy specify a Yorkshire beach? Cuz New Jersey beaches get snowed over every year ;-)
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It could be. Snow on the beach... isn't that one of the signs that the seals are breaking and the Dark..."
At first I thought you meant seals & sea lions...
Iain wrote: "Shaitarn wrote: "Ahdam wrote: "Yeah its got worse here in Yorkshire honestly is it the end of the world now??"It could be. Snow on the beach... isn't that one of the signs that the seals are brea..."
No! Don't break the poor seals :'-(
Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain wrote: "Shaitarn wrote: "Ahdam wrote: "Yeah its got worse here in Yorkshire honestly is it the end of the world now??"It could be. Snow on the beach... isn't that one of the signs that the s..."
No, no, I'd never hurt a poor seal! Seals are like adorable little merdogs!
I think maybe the End Times have already happened and we're living in the aftermath. It would explain a lot that's happened over the last 18 months or so.
Shaitarn wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain wrote: "Shaitarn wrote: "Ahdam wrote: "Yeah its got worse here in Yorkshire honestly is it the end of the world now??"It could be. Snow on the beach... isn't that ..."
I think you might be right. Guess I should start stockpiling those guns and canned goods before it's too late.
Saar wrote: "It's a very cold wave we have here. It has been snowing here, but the worst thing is the wind. It is a biting, freezing cold wind that is blowing. Temperatures here are since nights around -10°C (o..."Siobhan wrote: "Yes this morning in North East England I think it was even worse than yesterday.
Sorry its been so cold for you too, Saar. The wind is awful."
Do you guys not normally get that cold?
-10°C is about 14°F, which is not an unusual winter day for us where I'm from.
-20°C is -4°F, which while cold is also not a big deal. We had over a solid week of -5°F to -10°F (so about -20 to -24°C) earlier this winter and while we are all very cranky about it its not unheard temps for us.
I can imagine how miserable it must be if you guys aren't used to cold like that!
And I'm sure idiffer has more experience with even colder weather than I do...
@Sarah usually when we have snow it stays for a couple of days and while it builds it is usually gone in a couple of days but here its been really thick that it goes up to your shoes and I don’t think we’ve had that happen in years so it’s not something we in the north are used to
Either that or we’re just pampered unlike our neighbourly Russian
Isn’t Scotland in the same latitude as Siberia?
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We had -30F windchill this winter around New Years... -10F before windchill I think... for about 2 weeks between Christmas and Mid-January, with a short reprieve... around that time I think somewhere in Russia set a new record of -88F... the electric thermometers at banks and grocery stores maxed out at -75F in the story I heard...
-30F was the worst winter we'd had in Midwest USA in 3 years, I think...
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I think the nearby water and the ocean currents from the Caribbean usually protect the UK from extreme temperatures...
Ah but global warming is messing with those...The new reality is colder winters and hotter summer.
Scotland is a lot more used to the snow than England, even Northern England. But still not to Siberian levels! We've had - 15°C real feel temperatures and that's supposed to be the coldest it's been since the 90s or something. Scotland is currently on Red alert, whereas ours is only Amber. There's people getting stranded in their cars on the motorway overnight up there. Glad I'm stuck at home at least.
What’s Red Alert and did they get that from Star Trek?
Sorry, should have explained xD our government/weather agency have an alert system for extreme weather conditions. Yellow is be aware. Amber is be prepared. Red is take action (serious risk to life). When weather warnings are in place we're advised not to travel unless absolutely necessary, but of course everyone tries to get to work and gets stuck, coz you feel pressured to. Our cars are not built for this weather and the local governments can't cope with keeping the roads clear.
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Wow we really are wimps in the UK (or to give us a break, just totally not used to or prepared for prolonged cold weather!).It normally snows, we have disruption for a day, then it's gone for another year. A whole week of it these days is practically unprecedented. There should be lambs and daffodils outside now, not snow!!
So that means the schools close and so do most companies? That’s what happens in south Texas anytime it snows or ices. It only happens two or three days a years thus we have no infrastructure for it. It’s cheaper to close the place.
Yeah pretty much all the schools are closed, most businesses are open, but will be severely reduced staff. Mostly because of the kids being off school too, no childcare.
Siobhan wrote: "Wow we really are wimps in the UK (or to give us a break, just totally not used to or prepared for prolonged cold weather!).It normally snows, we have disruption for a day, then it's gone for ano..."
I always think the people in Eastern and Northern Europe and Canada must laugh at us - a few inches of snow and we collapse. But we only have about one bad winter in seven here in the UK, so we don't have the infrastructure to deal with it.
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Shaitarn wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Wow we really are wimps in the UK (or to give us a break, just totally not used to or prepared for prolonged cold weather!).It normally snows, we have disruption for a day, then i..."
I know, I think the same! They probably do laugh at us! But like you say, we just don't have the infrastructure.
Plus we always complain about the weather during the winter we complain it’s too cold during the summer we complain it’s too hot
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